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Former Rockefeller Foundation President Richard Lyman Passes Away
Richard Lyman served as The Rockefeller Foundation president from1980-1988.
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Richard Lyman
Lyman left the university in 1980 to become president of The Rockefeller Foundation in New York City – a post he held for eight years. During Lyman's tenure, the foundation launched programs on a variety of topics, including genetic plant engineering; biomedical research in Africa, Asia and Latin America; fellowships for independent film, video and multimedia artists in the United States; fighting persistent poverty in American cities; and using science and technology to improve living standards in developing countries.